2016–2025 · 4 published indicators
Seattle
crime trends.
Seattle Police Department offenses for assault, auto theft, burglary, and robbery.
Sources & methodologyBy category · 2025
Trends across 4 indicators
Select an indicator to explore it on the map and charts. Each mini-chart has its own scale; compare the labelled values.
Citywide · 58 neighborhoods
Assault count, 2025 · by neighborhood
Local boundaries shaded by one category at a time, in the active unit, for the selected year. Hover for a quick read; click to open the full neighborhood view.
Count by year
counts · 2016–2025 · baseline = all categoriesView chart data
Full years only; incomplete YTD totals are excluded. Not available means a value is missing, not zero.
| Year | Assault | All categories (baseline) |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 7,722 | 21,278 |
| 2017 | 8,226 | 21,513 |
| 2018 | 8,870 | 22,959 |
| 2019 | 8,367 | 21,708 |
| 2020 | 7,466 | 24,408 |
| 2021 | 8,108 | 25,133 |
| 2022 | 8,768 | 26,288 |
| 2023 | 8,436 | 28,075 |
| 2024 | 7,901 | 26,022 |
| 2025 | 7,712 | 22,702 |
How the series is built
Counts come from SPD Crime Data, dataset tazs-3rd5, grouped by offense date, NIBRS code, and neighborhood. Assault is NIBRS 13A and 13B. Auto theft, burglary, and robbery use 240, 220, and 120. 2026 is year-to-date.
Intimidation (13C) stays out. Larceny codes 23A through 23H stay out because the file does not publish a dollar threshold. In 2016 most rows have no neighborhood, so they stay in the city total rather than appearing as neighborhood zeros.
Population
Citywide rates use U.S. Census Bureau estimates for Seattle city. Neighborhood rates use 2020 Census block-group population assigned by each block group’s internal point. UNKNOWN and blank neighborhoods stay in the city total.
9.3% of these indicator reports could not be placed in a local area and stay in the city totals only.
Reading the data
Three numbers that need context
Data summary for Seattle-wide
| Year | Assault | Auto Theft | Burglary | Robbery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 108.7 | 62.2 | 106.5 | 22.0 |
| 2017 | 112.7 | 54.0 | 106.9 | 21.2 |
| 2018 | 119.4 | 57.4 | 109.2 | 23.0 |
| 2019 | 111.1 | 54.2 | 102.3 | 20.7 |
| 2020 | 100.8 | 66.8 | 141.7 | 20.2 |
| 2021 | 110.5 | 73.0 | 135.0 | 24.1 |
| 2022 | 117.0 | 93.1 | 117.1 | 23.6 |
| 2023 | 111.1 | 121.9 | 114.2 | 22.5 |
| 2024 | 102.2 | 96.2 | 115.9 | 22.3 |
| 2025 | 98.3 | 73.9 | 98.6 | 18.5 |
About this data
How to read these figures
- What does “crime” mean for Seattle?
- Crime by neighborhood means the indicators Seattle Police Department publishes for Seattle (2016–2025). They are reported incident or offence counts, not arrests, charges, or a safety score. The same heading in another city is not the same offence.
- Where do the numbers come from?
- Police figures come from Seattle Police Department. Area boundaries come from Seattle Police Department · MCPP neighborhoods. Rates, when a denominator exists, use U.S. Census Bureau · population and are shown per 10,000 residents. A missing year, indicator, or boundary stays missing.
- How often is this updated?
- The site is updated periodically, with no fixed public schedule and no live feed. Comparable charts use full years. A year-to-date control, when the page has one, labels the partial year separately.
- What does this not show?
- Drug offences and overdose deaths are separate series, not part of these neighborhoods. There is no single cross-city crime index. Counting rules and source links are on the Seattle about page.